Dog-Friendly Pubs, Cafés & Restaurants in Aberdeen

Figo and I weren’t sure what to expect from Aberdeen’s pub and café scene before we started digging in — and it turns out the Granite City punches well above its weight, with BrewDog’s dog-friendly reputation (the brand was founded here) rubbing off on a good spread of independent bars and cafés around Union Street and Belmont Street. As always, I’ve only kept places I could back up with a named source — local press, a tourism body, or the venue’s own word — rather than guessing from a generic “dog friendly” badge.

Coverage is genuinely uneven across the city, though, and I’d rather tell you that plainly than pad the list. City centre and the West End have a real cluster of options; some other parts of Aberdeen came up with nothing I could verify. If you fancy working up an appetite first, our round-up of the best local dog walks in Aberdeen pairs nicely with a few of the spots below.

Dog-Friendly Pubs, Cafés & Restaurants in Aberdeen, by Area

City centre & Union Street area

• BrewDog Castlegate, 5-9 Union Street, Aberdeen, AB11 5BU · Google Maps — the flagship bar of the brand that was founded in Aberdeen; dog-friendly treats and merchandise sold in store. Source: Evening Express
• BrewDog Gallowgate, Gallowgate, Aberdeen — openly encourages customers to bring dogs along. Source: Press & Journal
• Siberia Bar & Hotel, 9 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1JR · Google Maps — a city-centre venue that’s hosted dog-specific events. Source: Evening Express
• Fierce Bar Aberdeen, 4-6 Exchequer Row, Aberdeen, AB11 5BW · Google Maps — “has, since opening, always welcomed dogs.” Source: Evening Express
• Fierce Gardens, Park Inn by Radisson, Justice Mill Lane, Aberdeen — sister venue to Fierce Bar; dogs welcome. Source: Evening Express
• The Old School House, Little Belmont Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1JG · Google Maps — listed among dog-friendly venues, with a front beer garden. Source: Evening Express
• The Ivy Lodge, 62-64 Shiprow, Aberdeen, AB11 5BY · Google Maps — listed among the city’s dog-friendly venues. Source: Evening Express
• No.10 Bar & Restaurant, 10 Queen’s Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1XL · Google Maps — a front beer garden with parasols “which you and your dog can enjoy.” Source: Evening Express
• Amuse by Kevin Dalgleish, 1 Queen’s Terrace, Aberdeen, AB10 1XL · Google Maps — mention your dog when you book and they’ll assign your table accordingly; dogs welcomed in the bar area. Source: Press & Journal; address confirmed via Michelin Guide
• Foodstory, 15 Thistle Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1XZ · Google Maps — “one of the most dog-friendly establishments around.” Source: Press & Journal
• Books and Beans, city centre, Aberdeen (exact street address not confirmed by sources checked) — “you can pull up a chair with your pooch.” Source: Press & Journal
• Cafe 52 on the Green, 52 The Green, Aberdeen, AB11 6PE · Google Maps — billed as “the first Café / Restaurant in Aberdeen to allow dogs!” Source: BorrowMyDoggy

West End & Rubislaw

• Ferryhill House Hotel, 169 Bon Accord Street, Aberdeen, AB11 6UA · Google Maps — a beer garden with benches to tie up your dog, and staff usually bring out a water bowl. Source: Evening Express
• Inn at the Park Hotel, 3-4 Deemount Terrace, Aberdeen, AB11 7RX · Google Maps — a larger dog area sits behind the small front beer garden. Source: Evening Express
• The Dutch Mill, 7 Queen’s Road, Aberdeen, AB15 4NR · Google Maps — “another place you can take your dog for a pint.” Source: Evening Express
• Parx Cafe, Rubislaw Terrace, Aberdeen (West End business district; exact street number not confirmed) — welcomes well-behaved dogs, with outside seating good on sunny days. Source: The Sunday Post; Evening Express
• The Long Dog Cafe, 66 Claremont Street, Aberdeen, AB10 6QY · Google Maps — “all dogs are welcome as long as they are accompanied by a well behaved owner.” Source: BorrowMyDoggy

Beachfront (Aberdeen Beach / Beach Boulevard)

• Cafe Ahoy, Beach Boulevard, Aberdeen (exact street number not confirmed) — listed with “Pets Allowed” among its facilities. Source: VisitAberdeenshire (VisitABDN)

Worth knowing if you’re heading this way: our guide to dog swimming spots in Aberdeen City covers exactly which stretches of this same beach your dog can actually go in the water.

Coverage gaps

Searches turned up no verifiable dog-friendly pubs, cafés, bars or restaurants specifically located in Old Aberdeen, Footdee/Fittie, the Duthie Park area, or Bridge of Don. These parts of the city may well have dog-friendly venues, but nothing checkable — a venue’s own website, a named press source, or a tourism body listing confirming an actual address in those areas — turned up in this research pass, so they’ve been left out rather than padded with guesses.

Venues we checked but left out

• The Craftsman Company — mentioned by Evening Express as “often filled with adorable pups too,” but no address or confirmation it’s within Aberdeen City (rather than Aberdeenshire) was found, so it’s excluded.
• BrewDog Union Square — part of the BrewDog group and widely assumed dog-friendly in line with the brand’s other Aberdeen bars, but no source directly confirmed its own venue-specific dog policy, so it’s left out of the main list.
• The Kilmarnock Arms Hotel — tagged “Dog Friendly” on one source but with no location given, so it couldn’t be confirmed as being within Aberdeen City and has been excluded.
• The Boat Inn (Aboyne), The Cock and Bull (Balmedie), The Bay Fish and Chips and Aunty Betty’s (Stonehaven), The Broadstraik Inn (Elrick) — all genuinely dog-friendly per sources checked, but all sit in Aberdeenshire towns outside the Aberdeen City council area, so excluded from this piece.

Taking your dog to an Aberdeen pub or café for the first time

• Ring ahead or check the venue’s own social media before you go — policies can change, and a few venues above only have confirmed garden or bar-area access, not full run of the restaurant.
• Keep your dog on a short lead as soon as you’re through the door, even somewhere clearly used to dogs; busy bar areas and carried trays don’t mix well with an excitable tail.
• Bring your own water bowl as backup, even where one’s promised; on a busy day the “house” bowl might already be in use.
• If your dog tends to get anxious in new, bustling places, a calming treat about 30–45 minutes before you set off can take the edge off a first visit — we reach for Calmdogs’ calming treats before Figo’s first trip to anywhere new and noisy. If a busy bar genuinely isn’t for your dog, that’s fine too — our guide to secure dog fields near Aberdeen is a calmer way to give them a good day out instead.

For more on exploring Aberdeen with your dog, see our Dog Services in Aberdeen hub and our guide to dog-friendly accommodation in Aberdeen.